Yeah, I was definitely torn. Part of me thought, 'go, it's a small department, put on a name tag and see if anyone recognizes you, it can't hurt.'
But I just decided against that. I have to think decisions will come out next week. At this point, they probably know if they want me or not and I doubt shaking a few hands will change that. Plus, I want to get in knowing I stacked up well against everyone on paper. If I go today and get in next week, I'll always wonder if I had an unfair advantage...
Plus, call me a cynic, but I haven't heard anything from them by now (though they said they haven't made the final decisions), if I was in serious consideration, I have to think someone would have emailed me and said, 'wink, wink, go to the conference on Friday.'